Charles Davis Jameson

Charles Davis Jameson was born on February 24, 1827 in Gorham, Maine. He grew up in Old Town, a lumber and mill town near Bangor, and Jameson enjoyed a successful career as a lumberman. He was involved in the militia, and became commander of a militia regiment. In 1860 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention as a supporter of Stephen Douglas, and in 1861 was nominated as Democratic candidate for governor of Maine.

Jameson’s horse was shot out from under him at the Battle of Fair Oaks, and Heintzelman wrote that he was “particularly distinguished” there. But it was at this time he came down with what was called “camp fever,” probably typhoid fever. He took a leave of absence to return to Maine and died while en route on a steamboat between Boston and Bangor on November 6, 1862.